One thing I learned this election cycle is that a Libertarian is a strong-willed, independently-minded, self-reliant person who carefully considers both sides of every issue until they find a way to rationalize supporting the Republican position.

/Why won't the GOP disclose their donor list and dispell rumors that they are being funded by Al Qaeda?

Maybe anonymous Republican donors are simply afraid of reprisals. For example, they've probably heard about or read for themselves the liberal "compassion and love" shown here on Fark, and the thousands of death threats and riot threats on Twitter. Remember that restaurant in LA where the owner received death threats because the publicly supported the anti-gay marriage initiative? Are you familiar with the "Shy Tory Effect"? Link Consider the cumulative psychological effect of news coverage over the years (of admittedly outlier events) such as pictures of armed Black Panthers at polling places, street riots against business meetings, leftist demonstrations where effigies are burned and speech is violent, and so on and so on and so on. Seriously, people, actions and words have consequences. Is it any wonder that if you threaten and condemn a certain group of people enough that they take their support underground?

That really tells you something about the Republican party. If it wasn't for people trying to buy the election, the ignorant easily manipulated voters who make it possible, Romney wouldn't have a chance.

They're anonymous not because they don't want others to know that they're donating to the GOP, but because the GOP doesn't want to be associated with such low-lifes. And vice versa, so they're both happy that the donations are anonymous.

/Why won't the GOP disclose their donor list and dispell rumors that they are being funded by Al Qaeda?

Maybe anonymous Republican donors are simply afraid of reprisals. For example, they've probably heard about or read for themselves the liberal "compassion and love" shown here on Fark, and the thousands of death threats and riot threats on Twitter. Remember that restaurant in LA where the owner received death threats because the publicly supported the anti-gay marriage initiative? Are you familiar with the "Shy Tory Effect"? Link Consider the cumulative psychological effect of news coverage over the years (of admittedly outlier events) such as pictures of armed Black Panthers at polling places, street riots against business meetings, leftist demonstrations where effigies are burned and speech is violent, and so on and so on and so on. Seriously, people, actions and words have consequences. Is it any wonder that if you threaten and condemn a certain group of people enough that they take their support underground?

Well why aren't there just as many anon. Dem. Contributions? With all the talk of "Second Amendment solutions," anecdotes of employers firing people who vote Democratic, etc., which are also admittedly outliers? Don't Democrats have plenty of reprisals to fear too?

Indeed. So many closet racists in this country. Obama took out OBL!! Remember? The same OBL Dubya "wasn't too concerned about, to tell you the truth," he even dissolved the CIA office tasked with tracking OBL in 2005.

Just Another OC Homeless Guy:Remember that restaurant in LA where the owner received death threats because the publicly supported the anti-gay marriage initiative?

Remember the restaurant owner who received threats and lost business after he gave Obama a bear hug?

oh, and did someone say "effigy?"

Assholes being assholes is nothing new, nor is it restricted to any particular "side" of the political arena. It does seem that in recent years "conservatives" have become real pants-wetting scaredy-cats, though.

For some reason, "conservatives" LOVE to be scared. The more ridiculous the claims coming from their high-school dropout media idols, the more they tune in and buy their shiatty books. Time to ask yourselves why you take these clowns seriously when they are ALWAYS WRONG, and why you fear a race riot because some anonymous douchebag tweets about it.